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 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 65. 1867. 407 than thirty-five dollars, the property of another, or' shall receive or buy Pgmlty for the same, knowing the same to be stolen, for the purpose of dcfmudiug ‘:;’°;*¤5]g' the owner thereof, every such person so offending, on conviction thereof; ,,,,¥wj,n,,,,;,,,g shall make restitution to the party injured in twofold the value of the them to be swproperty stolen or destroyed, and be fined in any sum not exceeding two ;g';*;°w£:5'Q;;1m hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the jail of said District- for any or. time not, exceeding six months, or both, at the discretion of the court,. t {wfgd **5** Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any clerk, or servant of any iglggougsgsg private person, or any copartuership, (except persons within the age of Embezzlemcut. sixteen years,) or any offncer, agent, clerk, or servant of any incorporated company, shall cmbczzlc or convert to his own use, or fraudulently take, make way with, or secrete with intent to embezzle or fraudulently convert to his own use, without the assent of his master or employers, ahy money, goods, rights of action, government bonds, United States treasury notes, or government stamps, or other valuable security or effects whatever, belonging tc any other person, which sha.ll»c0mc into his possession, or under his care by virtue of such employment or officc, he shall, upon 1 P°¤¤1'*7 ¤ M conviction, be punished in the manner prescribed bylaw for fclouiously "°°ny’ stealing property of the value of the article or property so embezzled, taken, or secreted, or of the value of any sum of money payable or due upon any right in action so embezzled. Slcc. 6. And be it further enacted, That every embezzlement of any Empezzlomcut evidence of debt, negotiable by delivery only, and actually executed by ggtgvgggggqggf the master or employer of any such clerk, agent, officcr, or servant, but but not deliv. not delivered or issued as a. valid instrument, shall be deemed an offence °*°d· within the meaning of the last. preceding section. Suc. 7. And be it further enacted, That every person who shall buy, or k Y611m?' fw in any way receive any money, goods, rights in action, government bonds, i,g’;?Yf.§cQ€fQf; United States treasury notes, or other valuable security or cifects what- embezzled propcvcr, or government stamps, knowing the same to have been embezzled, °'”Y ? taken, or secreted, contrary to the provisions of the two last sections, shall, upon conviction, be punished in the same manner, and to the same extent as therein prescribed upon a conviction of a servant, clerk, or agent for such embezzlement. S20. 8. And be it further enacted, That if any carrier or other person, ugqu carriers Lo whom any goods, money, right. in action, or any valuable personal  ;;‘;·v£‘:;i°:k' property or effects, shall have been delivered to be tramsporbsd or carried, &c,'pmpmy {A. for hire, or any person employed in such transportation or carrying, shall, ¥*’°*‘°d *° *h¤¤¤ without the assent of his employer, take, embezzle, or convert to his own °r °°m°g°' usc, such goods, money, right. in action, property or effects, or any part of them, and before delivery of such article at the place or to the person entitled to receive them, he shall, upon conviction, be punished in the manner prescribed bylaw for fbloniously stealing property of the value of the article so taken, embezzled, converted, or secreted. Sec. 9. Ami be it further enacted, That all persons sentenced to im- }’¤¤‘S<>¤§ imprisonment in the jail of said District may be employed at such labor, and {;;°;.°'f,;d;I';·lQ§‘;;,_ under such regulations, as may be prescribed by the supreme court of said cdat hard mbox. District, and the proceeds thereof applied to defray the expenses of the trial and conviction of any such person. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Rules for the supreme court of said District to make such rules for the government and §f‘Q‘?'”'"°"g· d"‘ aim 1·¤ r th ·- n 4 · said an as smu be aeema M es. " "‘°* °" *"‘* p 1 8 0 0 pr1¤0l181‘S con H8 In J c motion of pru- Sary for the health, security, and the protection of said prisoners from cruel <>¤¤¤ i¤ W .i¤i|- treatment by auy person in charge thereo£ Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That on the trial of any person _D°*`°¤d¤¤t ¤¤· cbarged with a crime, the punishment whereof may be confinement in ggrgglfagu the penitentiary or District jail, the defendant shall be entitled to four ¤1m11¤¤§¤¤ peremptory challenges of jurors. "h°“· `°· SEO. 12. And be 12 further cnadci That in all criminal trials the said